Open AccessComparison of Health Status Indicators in Chicago: Are Black–White Disparities Worsening?
Author(s) -
Helen Margellos,
Abigail Silva,
Steven Whitman
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.1.116
Subject(s) - white (mutation) , health equity , gerontology , medicine , demography , health indicator , public health , environmental health , population , sociology , biochemistry , chemistry , nursing , gene
This study examined Chicago residents' progress toward the Healthy People 2000 goal of reducing racial disparities in health and compared the results with a recent analysis of US data.